Late tackle on Weber and he stays down

Dixon grabs a brace from another line out drive and the Magpies have their bonus point

The magpies open the scoring with Braidwood powering over

Southland have not beaten Hawke's Bay since 2012

We are 5 minutes away from kick off

Welcome to Rugby Park Stadium as Southland will open up their 2018 Mitre Cup campaign against the Magpies. Both sides are in the Championship division and will be looking to improve on last season's campaigns as they both finished bottom of the pile.

Biggest Southland score: 38 in Napier, 28.09.1996 (NPC)
Biggest Hawke's Bay score: 43 in Napier, 17.09.1994 (NPC) and 43 in Invercargill, 23.10.2016 (M10C)
Biggest differential: Hawke's Bay by 33 (43-10) in Napier, 17.09.1994 (NPC)

Previous Encounters:

Played: 54, 1902-2017 | Southland wins: 28 | Hawke's Bay wins: 24 | Draws: 2